Example sentences of "he [be] [vb pp] professor " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April 1791 he was appointed Professor of the London Veterinary College — a college in name only . |
| 2 | In 1790 Vial made contact with the Odiham Agricultural Society and he was appointed Professor at the London Veterinary College on 8 April 1791 . |
| 3 | In 1807 he was appointed professor of astronomy and director of the Göttingen Observatory , a post he held until his death . |
| 4 | In 1867 he was appointed professor of dogmatic and moral theology at Maynooth , in 1878 vice-president , and in 1880 president . |
| 5 | In 1898 he was appointed professor of Greek at University College , Cardiff , moving to Manchester University as Hulme professor of Greek in 1908 . |
| 6 | The most impressive telescope , of 36-feet focus , was provided for Wren 's use when he was appointed professor of astronomy at Gresham College , London , in 1657 . |
| 7 | In December 1918 he was appointed professor of pharmacology at the University of Cape Town . |
| 8 | In 1886 he was appointed professor of physics at the Royal College of Science , London . |
| 9 | From Cambridge he was appointed professor of natural philosophy at Anderson 's College , Glasgow ( the nucleus of what later became Strathclyde University ) , and held that post from 1872 to 1880 . |
| 10 | He was elected FRS in 1934 and in 1937 he was appointed professor of chemistry at University College London . |
| 11 | On 21 January 1814 he was elected professor of mineralogy at the ( Royal ) Dublin Society , the support of J. L. Foster [ q.v . ] , |
| 12 | In 1945 he was elected professor of engineering science at Oxford and a fellow of Brasenose College . |